Pyongyang, January 27 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK, on Monday:

- An article tells about baby homes, orphanages and old people's homes wonderfully built across the country under loving care of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

- A ceremony of bidding farewell to the late Hwang Jin Yong took place.

- Successes have been made in various economic sectors and units.

- Young people in Nampho Municipality advanced into major theaters of socialist construction.

- An article says that European countries are undergoing a serious political and economic crisis in return for their servile kowtowing to the U.S. -0-